9 Writing Pep Talks in 11 Minutes!

[@SaveMoreThanHoneyBees]

I like how it's all so down to earth and rational. Not one of those "you can do it, you're the best" style of vids. Helps you way more. Thank you, for everyone who doesn't leave their comments.

[@christinecalhoun1297]

"The right answer is the answer you choose for it." Love it. I feel like people look at their lives this way sometimes, thinking there is a right and wrong path to choose. The more you chill out and go for what you want the less boring your choice will probably be anyway.

[@TheCherrypop121]

‘you can choose what version of the story is the right answer.’ GIRL !!¡! mind blown

[@lostgoth3980]

Every writer on the planet must watch this. Thank you!

[@Starolfr]

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you! :)

[@ShaelinWrites]

Haha well thank you :)

[@shubhrantkhare9439]

This video is so super charged with positivity and yet totally focused, I wonder how much energy, time, struggle it would have required🤔

[@willtitone8844]

That first point is so true! I absolutely hated writing one particular chapter of my story due to writers block, but my brother (and editor) shocked me when he said it wound up being his favorite chapter.

[@ShaelinWrites]

Literally somehow people always ending liking the part you hate most haha

[@subinitamazumder1307]

You don't know how much I needed this right now. I can relate to most of these especially the confidence one. Thanks Shaelin ❤️

[@alexandriacavallaro1919]

I saved this a while ago after stumbling upon it, knowing that some rainy day I'd need it. Today was that rainy day, and this didn't disappoint. Thanks for being someone who understands the process and who is willing to share their own struggles. You made someone lost in the loneliness of writing feel a lot less alone today. Thank you. Thank you.

[@giselledenbreems3992]

i am inspired! now i will go write . . . well, outline unfortunately.

[@gravelordkim1738]

I feel like you hugged my soul, bless you

[@ShaelinWrites]

that's so sweet thank you!

[@claremiller9979]

Great pep talks, Shaelin. Quick tip for number nine - do something that brings you joy every day, for no other reason than you enjoy it. It helps bring that positivity forward when you need it with less effort, don't ask me how but it does :)

[@roohvarz9942]

I needed this. Thank you.

[@Artraive]

Thanks for this! It's easy to forget these things when you're in the process of writing and insecurity creeps up on you. Next time it does I will rewatch this and kick those thoughts to the curb 😊

[@margaretmcdonald151]

Everything in this is just amazing! It feels so specific and relevant to writing, and not just pep-talk inspiration !!! Thanks so much 💗

[@ShaelinWrites]

Thank you!! :D

[@matimali1]

Awesome video. I feel motivated :) And when we're talking about drafting Dan Harmon compared it to making a vase out of clay. Some think that this lump you start with is your ideas and an outline. He thinks that this lump is your first draft and only when you start the second draft you start forming a vase. It really helped me deal with my first drafts feeling weak.

[@carlamitce443]

I’ll be watching this every day now, thanks!

[@LenadyStar]

I love this video. The second bit of advice is something I have to remind myself of all the time and it's so great to hear it from someone else.

[@InuKagKik3]

Omg, I needed this so much! Thank you for uploading this!!

[@ShaelinWrites]

Happy it could help!!

[@galaxylucia1898]

I had a moment yesterday where I felt overwhelmed with "being a great writer" and all of my publishing insecurities just swarmed my brain. I had to step away and remember WHY i like writing, what I LOVE about writing and creating to get back to the sustainable feeling that what I'm doing goes beyond "book sales." Listening to your video has solidified that feel-good, i-love-to-write-because-writing-is-awesome feeling by 300%. Thank you for this video. I hope you know that your pep talk is and will be incredibly helpful for writers now and those to come.

[@Xurelbes]

I can't describe how much I appreciate this video. I know you direct this towards writers, but it's important for all artists out there. Thank you!

[@RashmikaLikesBooks]

This is brilliant. I've found a new video revisit when I'm feeling creatively stuck. :)

[@daedricdragon5976]

Thank you for the good advices shaelin. I really found this video helpful. I also agree that self-confidence issues (especially for writers) are a huge problem but can be overcome. The important thing to keep in mind is that, as you said, it's not gonna happen immediately and it will take a long time.

[@ShaelinWrites]

Thank you :) I think almost all writers I know have had confidence issues, so it's certainly soooo normal, but also not something easy to overcome.

[@cheesecakelasagna]

Damn! I need this today, thank you!

[@Bazzkorg]

Some of the best advice I've gotten and won't forget!

[@NickSquiggles]

I especially needed this today. Thank you! :)

[@ShaelinWrites]

I'm glad it could help

[@NickersonGeneral]

I love every new video you make just invigorates me to get writing again. Thank you for the inspiration!

[@ShaelinWrites]

Good luck with that writing then!!

[@Ari-ih5un]

Perfect timing, I'm just getting back into writing after another "break" (aka stopping to research and world build because I fear I don't know enough to write stories and people outside my experiences) Thank you. I needed this

[@ShaelinWrites]

Good luck getting back to it!!

[@meli.o.7245]

Omg number 7!!! i feel like that all the time! Thank you for all these great advice!

[@cjpreach]

Shaelin - Great insights. Truly. Every one of us who follows the advice of this video increases his or her chance of success at least 100 fold. Getting it wrong on any one of your 9 points could short-circuit a writer's progress. And, yes, I needed this for my own progress. Thank you for another helpful video.

[@ShaelinWrites]

Thanks so much

[@aaliyahkatarina7791]

Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you THANK YOU!!! 😍 😍 😍

[@ShaelinWrites]

You're very welcome!! :D

[@TomorrowWeLive]

Related to so many of these sooo much

[@desertgecko4549]

Aspiring authors should watch this video every few months. Thanks, Shaelin, for the fantastic advice. Now, if I could just figure a way to tape this video to my mirror next to my morning affirmations...

[@oni10231]

Sis i needed this thank you

[@macronencer]

It's not often I see a video with nearly 500 likes and 0 dislikes! And with good reason. Thank you for the pep talks :)

[@samwallaceart288]

That last point on positivity hit home. Thanks

[@kal-muzel875]

I wish I watched this yesterday instead of studying for the canceled SAT now... Thanks Shaelin for the videos ^^

[@gabe61willys]

I needed that. Thank you

[@nikolaistepanov2827]

Great video! Thanks for making it, I am currently wrting my final disertation at uni and your video is helpping me a lot to keep on writing. :))

[@mountainmate276]

Best video for writers ever, thank you!!!

[@Alena-yu5dg]

Thank you so much Shaelin! I really needed to hear those things. And I'm watching this over and over again. It gives me a boost of energy, motivation and self confidence every time! ❤

[@wonderlust1308]

I was preaching with this! Thank you so very much! I’m gonna try listen to this everyday lol -or at least remind myself of these points everyday-

[@jessicafoster6440]

I like this. It's exactly what I needed today.

[@pinkypromisevintage]

Thank you for this.

[@alannothnagle]

Truly excellent. Thank-you.

[@englishnerd5580]

Fantastic! Thanks, Shaelin! ❤️

[@snipeknite9614]

I’m new to your channel and I really like your advice on so many subjects. Looking forward for more of your videos

[@heybella2867]

Wow. I needed to hear all that. Thank you!

[@tigerlily-px5ng]

Thank you soooo much for this video, I feel so inspired now! :)

[@deeplygazingable]

Thank you, Universe for guiding me to Shaelin's video 😍😍😍

[@abantorprolaap]

This was really helpful, Shaelin. Thank you.

[@syenindiaa5888]

Thank you, Shaelin.

[@siobhanm9690]

this is exactly what i needed

[@rodschmidt8952]

Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel) one wrote that it looks like he just sat down and dashed of his drawings, but they took many hours of labor

[@lydiamacclaren6413]

This was a great video to watch before going to write 😊

[@bmcdermott]

This is exactly what I needed now after starting a difficult new project. Thank you!

[@victoriannecastle]

Stick with writing novels. :) We'll be sad if you become a motivational speaker. By the way, can you make a video about best literary fiction---since it is the genre you read. Something like my `favorite literary novels.` I'm looking for best prose, style of writing right now. Not exactly best plot. Any recommendation?

[@ShaelinWrites]

You can check out my goodreads where I have a favourite shelf as well as shelves for my favourite books of every year! Link is in the description :) I really have to make an updated favourites book video at some point though!

[@ScullyPop]

I'm just getting started here. I have written two thrillers. Very hard at points.

[@arian_the_worm]

Yay, 0 dislikes! Let's keep it that way, everyone!

[@agagagagagyo]

Arian Soon well there's one now, probably because of that same retarded ad that's on all these writing channels

[@lordvaderbossofdoom3960]

2yrs later, there's a dislike now but only 1. So that means: still going strong!

[@justluc8556]

Thank you Shaelin ❤️

[@cwfcwfcwf]

Nice video, Shaelin. :)

[@Knarsens]

Well, I guess I'll go write then!

[@ShaelinWrites]

yassssss

[@hayleehaux2458]

Holy shit I needed number 7 Ive never heard of anyone else feeling this way

[@hayleehaux2458]

@@justinliu2665 uh nobody asked man

[@gopro_audio]

love the sound effects!

[@boredfangerrude]

"Your creativity is infinite." I wish my brain would conform to that instead of working for an hour or two then saying "Let's continue tomorrow!". *SIGH*

[@ShaelinWrites]

mooood

[@gristlevonraben]

Thank you, great speech. You make a great point about one person's creativity is never going to be the same as another's, but can be just as good. I want to share with you a video Stephen King made recently that mimicked a bit, your video last year on whether or not to pre-plan your plot and outline it or not. I thought of you and thought you might like to see it. He discusses it somewhere in the middle. Its a question and answer session at a university, Maine or Massachusetts. Its called, on youtube, 'Stephen King on Twilight, 50 Shades of Grey, and Lovecraft and More...'

[@RebeccaYoder]

Great video! I liked the perfectionist part.

[@justinliu2665]

You are blocked

[@wonderlust1308]

Also, I LOVE point 4!

[@samimoon7391]

5:58 😂 awe

[@dalemills2906]

Thanks

[@nightmeres2801]

thank you for being real

[@justine27]

Thank you so much ! You can't even imagine how much I needed to hear this. I have a story in my mind since I were barely 10. Now I am 22 and I feel like I create such a strong world with original ideas ! But the thing is: I'm such a PERFECTIONIST and it...sucks ahah. Thanks to open my mind today 😁 Ps: hope I write in a good english ^^. I'm french and always practicing on my english 😆

[@ShaelinWrites]

Being a perfectionist is...so hard. I feel you on that one. And your english is perfect!

[@c-hwilliams156]

Thank you for this. :)

[@greentokyo]

I love this video

[@oneautumnleaf5270]

Can you do a explanation video for psychic distance? I'm confused when I should zoom in and out.

[@ShaelinWrites]

I've got a video on psychic distance scheduled for next week!

[@billyalarie929]

shaelin: "it's like it's a math equation" me: ".....that never even ever really even ends in the end!"

[@hatezis]

Thank you

[@3polygons]

It's almost scary (well, not really ;) ) how a lot of this applies to illustration, comics, 3D, other fields. Without matching in the specifics - obviously- I had those struggles/came to several of those conclusions, back in the day.

[@justinmartin4407]

For point 8. Stephen King pretty much single handedly lifted horror into the top 5 grossing fiction genres. If you write horror, Stephen King's success helps you. The more good books there are, the more books people buy.

[@boredfangerrude]

There's some story tellers whose health is ruined to make their story great. *cough* Mangaka (Manga or Japanese comic artists) *cough*

[@thistle817]

Good stuff

[@serahbrandenn434]

7:20 is my biggest problem

[@ShaelinWrites]

It's one I struggle with SO MUCH too

[@rodschmidt8952]

So when we compare two stories, one of which came from a flow-state and the other took a lot a laborious working-on, your perception is biased because you know about the process; but how do OTHER readers compare them?

[@MrGarg-py3ul]

I just want to give 100 likes to this video.. Unfortunately, KZbin doesn't provide that feature. Thank you so so much :)

[@BlakeStylinson]

ily shaelin

[@codyroberts8055]

Things worth doing are hard, and that's okay

[@sami6998]

12 days of being posted and not a single dislike

[@rodschmidt8952]

When you find yourself falling into a negative mindset -- use that for a character?

[@elisa4620]

That's a constructive way to look at it :) I do that for hurtful moments too. When people are being (consciously or not) mean and hurtful. I've started to list these moments to use them as inspiration for my stories.

[@kishalaysinha3019]

V. can be in active condition even beyond nineties according to some medical books I have read. (Of course, I don't know if this is true.) Why am I so interested in esoteric topics? Actually, I am a voracious omnivorous reader Who is interested in all subjects under the sun. - G

[@Xarfax321]

"We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend to win, and the others, too." - JFK

[@0ptimuscrime]

Shaelin confirmed for 9/11

[@anicastro6920]

Garghh, the first one hit me like a brick. The second one hit me like a backpack. The third one whacked me with the truth. I'm going to be run over by a gold-filled carriage by the rest, aren't I? Answer from future me: Yes. Gosh, thank you so, so much. I'm sure everybody is shouting their gratitude too.

[@torrinmaag5331]

7:00 - Shaelin destroys Neo-Platonic philosophy with Facts and Logic!!!

[@torrinmaag5331]

Jokes aside, this is a really helpful video for my struggles as a philosopher. Thanks for putting this out for us!

[@miaththered]

Thank you.~

[@sangria-margarita]

❤️💕❤️💕❤️💕❤️💕❤️💕❤️💕❤️💕❤️💕❤️💕

[@ShaelinWrites]

[@rodee1671]

LOL fetus.

[@bertiepimplebum5633]

Nobody can completely master the English language. Yet ...all writers try to do so. What fools they are. (UK)

[@tappkalina]

Thank you for this.